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Clarence E. Pomeroy, August 3, age 88, late of Homewood, loving husband of the late Iona, nee Lange; brother of the late Donald Pomeroy Jr. and Rev. Ralph J. Pomeroy; fond brother-in-law of Dorothy Peters Pomeroy of Phoenix, AZ; dear uncle of David, Debra, Justin, Lori, Steven, Robert, Eric Pomeroy, Donna Stefanek and Carol Pomeroy Freyholtz. Member and Past Commander of the United States Power Squadron. Graduate of Wabash College and Northwestern U. Retired Engineer for International Harvester (Wisconsin Steel Works)

John Fuller Schrader, Nov. 4, 2006, age 67, late of Homewood, beloved son of the late Chester T. and Lucille Schrader. Former employee of the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune Newspapers. Member of St. Paul Community Church. Resting at the Tews Funeral Home, 18230 S. Dixie Hwy., Homewood, Thursday from 2 p.m. to the time of Funeral Services at 7 p.m., Rev. Derrick White officiating. Interment El Paso Township Cemetery, El Paso, IL. Memorials to St. Paul Community Church, 18200 S. Dixie Hwy., Homewood, IL 60430 would be appreciated.

Vernon S. Lucas, formerly of Cicero/Chicago, IL, born March 31, 1940, died Aug. 9, 2006, preceded in death by his brothers, Carl and Donald; survived by his wife, Karen of Amarillo, TX; sister, Annette; his son, Darren; daughters, Donna and Dixie; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Sunday's Tempo Southwest calendar incorrectly said that the St. Joseph Parents Club craft fair was to be held Nov. 6. The craft fair will be held Nov. 12 at the St. Joseph school gym, 17949 S. Dixie Hwy., Homewood. The Tribune regrets the error.

Giant paper-maker Fort James Corp. of Deerfield is shaking out its management ranks. James Goodwin, president of the North American consumer business, is leaving the company, and the division is being split into two units. The towel and tissue unit will be headed by Francis Florido; nobody has been named yet to head the Dixie unit.

Inez S. Galezio, 86, a resident of Hazel Crest, died Monday in Ingalls Memorial Hospital, Harvey. Mrs. Galezio was a housewife and lifetime resident of the South Side and south suburbs. She is survived by two sisters. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Tews Funeral Home, 18230 S. Dixie Highway, Homewood.

For truckers, the road never ends. But there are inviting stops along the way, and one of the most impressive is the Dixie Truckers Home in McLean, Ill., off Int. Hwy. 55 -- an interstate most every road king in the country finds himself on at one time or another. Throughout the night, the drivers come to fill their growling monsters up on Diesel, get coffee and maybe eat something heavy on the gravy, clean a windshield or sack out in a cubicle beyond the restaurant where only truckers go. Some get a late haircut from "Shorty," the house barber, whose scissors have been working on truckers` hair for 18 years.

Christine Eadie Alderman, 70, of Homewood, a homemaker, died Saturday in Ingalls Memorial Hospital, Harvey. Mrs. Alderman is survived by her husband, Archie S.; her daughter, Cheryl Mackin; and two grandchildren. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in St. Paul Community Church, 18200 S. Dixie Highway, Homewood.